Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-07-29
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RIDE said Liberty street real estate
dealer ~ be- erSisea about the RI
change boxing for nnwafT buyers The
Other dag. 'fsas IN TIE eDufss ~ twenty
seass' experiences IN renting and selliag
property in Eew Y0fk 1 hare g0sicsd
things that Il seemed impossible ~ en-,
plain except bY luck oY fate. There
are some buildings 10 this city which,
for no apparent eaiase, are ~ sure 70
make troabls for their owners and ten
ants ~ the sun l. b, shine. No swogni
u care or prudence will make them
profitable. while buildings right next 70
them. which are neglected. by owners
and abused By tenants, will be lucky
all the time. There IL building On
Church street where suieids has oc-
Cured once Ia every tssIye months
for years. II IL god building, light.
we'll constructed. desirable 10 every
war. bat you esn't get half the rents
for Il that you cau IL the next building.
because Il has the reputation u
bsing what people call boodoo,
and every tenant who goes
into IL IL i1annsel rs the fear that be 10
going 10 fall or be burned out or lose
bls moli,er-in-law. It's ail on account
II those snlcides. They have given IL
bad name. and that's a thousand
times barrier 10 drive ont 0f a house
than rats.
II know tcnement-llouse on the
East side that IL given over 20 fires.
The landlord has made the mpst cztra-
ordinary efforts 10 prevent them, hired
waicbmen, put IN fire. PROBING. nut
tomato alarms, kept the police on the
alert, but fires are the rlle In that
house, aud now yon can scarcely hire
people b live IN t. IL isn't incen-
diarism. suppose It's what cool
scientific people would call mere coin
eIdence, but most people would say II
was luck. Tho house Is hoo looed In
the minds Of tenants, anyway.
There are some houses which none
but undesirable tenants will occupy in
spite u every thing you can do. l
know man who recently came into
possession 81 fine building not
stones throw from ,his exchange
which had been given up to rag lofts
In spite of the efforts of the former
owner 10 get them out lie spent more
uan $4,000 In fixing up The building,
made over tho rooms into handsome
offices, put IN an elevator. and made
The rents low. The Building Is IN good
locality for ofilce-rontcrs. and In a
short time IL was fall u desirable ten
ants. The man congratulated himself
ON his foresight and wisdom. In a
month one tenant failed. another
skipped TO Canada, another eloped
with the landlady. The signs came
down. The people went out. and In
year The rng lofts we're back again.
don't know how 10 explain II, but you
couldn't make money out Of that build
Ing 10 save your life. On the next
corner was building not half MS good
orscsIrabIe IN any way. and the owner
was clearing more than $4,000 year
from 1t.
''Onc of tho most expensive buildings
on lever Broadway Is supposed to be
'hoodoocd. by the fact that part Of the
land II stands oE IL owned by an old
miscr, who won't sell, bnt cxacts an
enormous rate for the lease. Anyway.
thoTe are more failures in that build
Ing than In any other on the street,
tenants are continually turning out to
be dcfauters, the elevator il contin-
nally falling on somebody. people are
always tnmbling downstairs and
breaking their limbs. children drop
out Of the windows. signs slip from
tbelg places. the stoam-heating APP
pnratns ~ pcrpetually ont Of order
and the owner has worried himself u
n lieshless bone ~ T. Mall and En-
press.
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